Test  #03 -- Eighth Grade. (41pp) Use a separate sheet of paper for your answers. Be sure to record: a) your score on the "Bet" quiz (/15),  b) your score on the "Monkey's Paw" quiz (/15), c) your KBAR score for the week (/40),  d) your vocabulary homework score (/20), and e) any extra credit you may have earned this week (+5min/+10 max).  No crossword? -10.
Spelling. All take all.
  1. (2) parallel, prenatal, amiable, paraphrase, all correct
  2. (2) prejudice, paramedic, provision, subconciously, all correct
  3. (2) proclaim, proclaimation, transition, transportation, all correct
  4. (2) predestination, paramedic, contrabution, transcription, all correct
  5. (2) transparent, transformation, concede, contrabution, all correct
  6. (2) suburban, subsequent, subteranean, profusely, all correct
  7. *"together pay thing" = ____________
  8. *"across carry thing" = ___________
  9. *"before judge thing" = ____________
  10. *"under with knowing" = _______
  11. *perpendicular : parallel :: free will : ___________
  12. *"before birth" = ____________
  13. *"across shape thing" = __________
  14. *perpendicular : parallel :: triumph : _________
Vocabulary. If you are exempt, say so, and do only #9.
credulous, amiable, visage, talisman, prosaic, avaricious, fusillade, fakir, presumptuous
  1. "look thing" = ___________
  2. (2) He was such a smooth talker, and was so _______ and polite, I ______(ly) fell for his scam.
  3. The soldier ducked as the _________ of gunfire erupted over his head.
  4. avaricious : benevolent :: savvy : ___________
  5. The lawyer was being __________ when he took the bet; the banker was being capricious.
  6. It was rather _________ of her to invite herself to the party.
  7. For me, video games are very ___________; I would prefer a book.
  8. Tom Sawyer fired a _________ of dirt clods at Sid.
  9. "A perfect ___________ of knocks reverberated through the house..."
Subject/Verb Agreement. First ID the SS (1p). Then choose the right SP for each sentence (1p).
Example: Everyone in the audience (cheer/cheers) when he walks out on the stage.  everyone, cheers
  1. Fewer crimes on the streets (were/was) one pleasant result of the teen curfew.
  2. The parents' committee (has/have) agreed to fund the trip.
  3. Several of the campers (have/has) arrived early.
  4. Antique cars like the Model A (cost/costs) thousands of dollars.
  5. For weeks, his mom and dad (have/has) been packing to move.